Nearly a third of international flights that landed in Canada with passengers that tested positive for coronavirus upon arrival between March 3 and 19, were from Delhi, data sourced from Health Canada showed. A total of 98 international flights arrived in the North American country during this period, of which 30 were from Delhi, and of these, 21 were operated by Air India and nine by Air Canada.
The remaining flights arrived from locations such as Frankfurt, Dubai, Islamabad, Doha, Abu Dhabi, Paris, Lahore, etc.
For example, Air India’s flight AI187 on March 11 from Delhi to Toronto had rows 41-53 affected because of presence of Covid-19 positive passengers in the aircraft. This represents 101 seats on the Boeing 777-300 aircraft that Air India operates on the route.
